What is a fishcam?
Fishcam is defined as a HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting" \o "Broadcasting" broadcast from the HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera" \o "Video camera" video camera which is pointed at a HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishtank" \o "Fishtank" fishtank. Some channels in Australia is reported to have one of the famous and long-lasting Fishcams. These Fishcam was earlier used as a replacement to the common HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testcards" \o "Testcards" television broadcast signals, shown when there was nothing specific for the station to show.
But then due to its tremendous popularity the Fishcam was made an actual scheduled show on the station. Much earlier around 1994 a live camera was fitted on a fish tank in a specific company. The camera then transmitted live feed or image of the fish tank to the internet. The camera was most probably the second live camera on the web world. It is the oldest camera site which still exists.
Underwater fishcam and its use
Certain companies now make specific fish cam which can be utilized as a great tool in underwater life and fishing. Some Fishcam is made for the anglers all over the world who take part in sports and recreational fishing like bottom fishing activities, trolling, cast-and-retrieve etc. This type of Fishcam will definitely improve an anglers fishing experience.
Underwater cameras use cutting-edge technology which captures underwater video and several other information. This is not possible to receive otherwise. These camera have in built microphone to ensure that nothing is missed underwater including the sound. They generally have a green light emitting LED to take picture in the darkest of water. Fishcam’s mobile application will offer its users to share videos via all the major social media channels like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Fishcam has introduced a mobile application to work with your Smartphone.
What exactly you need for a fishcam setup?
A big 10 gallon aquarium, USB webcam & servo, Laptop (server), Gator ornament, Servo (for gator), Moonlights, Timer, Temperature probe. For the video you can use an USB webcam plugged into your laptop. The laptop uses Webcam to receive the video stream from the USB camera and shows the images as live feed. The laptop must be connected to a router with an open port for internet to enjoy the video.